Eero Hyvärinen

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameEero Juho•Hyvärinen
Used nameEero•Hyvärinen
Born27 April 1890 in Kontiolahti, Pohjois-Karjala (FIN)
Died27 May 1973 (aged 83 years 1 month) in Lahti, Päijät-Häme (FIN)
AffiliationsYlioppilasvoimistelijat, Helsinki (FIN)
NOC Finland
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Eero Hyvärinen was a member of the Finnish gymnastics team that won silver behind Norway in the free system at the 1912 Olympic Games. He started his gymnastics career with Kuopion Reippaan winning local and regional events. Hyvärinen excelled particularly on parallel bars and horizontal bar. At the time of his Olympic appearance, he represented the student gymnasts of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat.

With his wife Aili Sofia Hyvärinen he had one daughter and one son. He worked as a district forester.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) FIN Eero Hyvärinen
Team, Men (Olympic) Finland 2 Silver